Paragraph 8 I1

after paragraph (1) insert:

“(1A)

The fire authority may also consider as mentioned in paragraph (1) in the case of a person who —

(a)

has elected under article 56A(1) not to pay pension contributions, and

(b)

is entitled under article 16 to a deferred pension, and

(c)

has begun to receive payment on account of the pension on being required to retire under article 97 (compulsory retirement on grounds of incapacity).”;

in paragraph (2) after the words “ill-health pension” insert

“or, in a case falling within paragraph (1A), may determine that payment of the deferred pension shall be suspended, that is to say, that the pension shall not be payable in respect of any period before —

(a)

his 60th birthday, or

(b)

if sooner, his again becoming permanently disabled”;

in paragraph (3) after the word “terminated” insert “, or payment of a deferred pension is suspended,”, and after the word “termination”, wherever occurring, insert “or suspension”; and

in paragraph (4) after the words “pension is terminated” insert “, or payment of a deferred pension is suspended,”,and for the words “that pension” substitute , “an ill-health pension”.